ADVENTURES OF HUMAN MIND
Added 11/19/2009
La Collectionneuse is the third part in Rohmer's "The Moral Tales" The connecting thing in these tales is that the protagonist at the moment he is reaching a woman, meets another woman, but after all forsakes her for the sake of the first one, although is not sure of getting her. A moralist is someone who is interested in what is happening inside a person, moods and feelings. People are intelligent thinkers wrapped around and inside their own egos. Men say that Haydee is a collector, which she's not, neither something which can be collected. She is simply searching as natural relationship to other people as possible. Rohmer penetrates to such areas in human mind which have earlier been considered impossible to reach by cinema.
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The weak link in the Six Moral Tales
Added 1/23/2008
Although much aclaimed on its first release, seen today La Collectionneuse seems easily the weakest link in Eric Rohmer's series of Six Moral Tales. While it does take the series into darker territory, its insufferably smug male leads and the hideous droning delivery of the female lead (who ties with Marie-France Pisier for the most annoying voice in French cinema) make it a real chore to watch at times. The fact that it's the film that Neil LaBute has spent a career remaking hardly warmed me to it either. Yes, it's about superficial people, but it skims perilously close to becoming as superficial as they are by overindulging their sense of self-importance. For cameo spotters, Performance director Donald Cammell can be briefly glimpsed in the film's St. Tropez scenes.
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Essential French cinema: Rohmer's 'La Collectionneuse.'
Added 7/24/2007
Éric Rohmer (1920) challenged traditional Hollywood cinema with his French New Wave cycle of films, Six Moral Tales ("Contes moraux"). Inspired by F.W. Murnau's Sunrise, each "tale" follows the same basic story: a man is tempted a woman, but he ultimately resists the temptation.
Set in Saint-Tropez, the fourth of Eric Rohmer's "tales," The Collector (La Collectionneuse) (1967), tells the story of two friends, Adrien (Patrick Bauchau) and Daniel (Daniel Pommereulle), who do their best to resist a promiscuous, bohemian girl, Haydée (Haydée Politoff), who is collecting lovers. Rohmer's first color film in the cycle (filmed by Néstor Almendros) ventures into darker moral territory. This film is transcendent.
G. Merritt
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Fascinating and subtly profound
Added 1/3/2007
I purchased this DVD mainly to practice my French, determined to disregard the English subtitles. But I found myself so absorbed in the characters and plot that I ended up reading the English to make sure I didn't miss anything. I'll view it again later for the practice. I've always liked Rohmer. His characters are always articulate, eccentric, but oh so human. The women and men in this parable about the meaning of human relationships and our need for other people are all bright and sexy in that unique French way. The setting in the South of France was intoxicating--brilliant splashes of sun, acres of clear, clean beaches and water. The journey of self-discovery for the man in the film was moving and inspiring, as he began to understand that he needed more in his life than to spend his life as a collector, referring to both his work as a collector of antiques and his own promiscuity. He returns from his extended vacation a new man. Don't expect a lot of action here, but a sexy little tale of self-discovery. Not an adult movie, but certainly a movie for adults.
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Beautiful, subtle, profound and funny movie
Added 1/6/2005
Of course, if you never liked any of Rohmer's film, this one is not for you. But "La Collectionneuse" is an extremely beautiful, subtle and profound movie. Also a funny one, even if you don't laugh... Rohmer could have made only this single film, and yet would be an important and intriguing director.
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